The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-11-11

view of the certainty that ! shall never
have the chance of seeing you again,
my beloved comrade, with an earnest
and hearty wish for your future success |
in life. Your comrade, Hoch die anar
chic, LOUIS LING.
Yesterday when one OF the guards |
told him that the papers had published
his letters TO d. ID. Lum, the Young bomb |
manufacturer expressed strong desire |
to read it in English. Tailor Folz con-
scented and Lingg slowly plodded
through the translation. Englehart |
speaks German and when appealed to,
gave Lingg the meaning of the English |
words in German.
THE DOOMED MAN
said the letter was an admirable transla- |
ton of the original. Turning to another
page of the paper, his eye caught the
line, "Lingr will surely hang" Calling
Englehart, he asked, "What is the
meaning of tins word, 's-u-r-e-l-y,' In
German" Englehart told him and
Lingg laughingly observed, $50, SO. l
surely hang" His manner was such |
that Englchart joined in the laugh.
Say" the blonde-haired young anar-
chist called 10 Il reporter, "Did you see
my mdedeiein" He was told that Eda
Muller had not been seen and his next
query was, Has my Schats (sweetheart)
gone to Springfield" This question was
answered in the affirmative. He SEEM
ed pleased aud remarked, that if he
could have seen her he would have told
her to stay at home. O'Neil, one of the
guards who remained on duty before
Lingg's cell throughout the day, declar-
ed that Lingg was the coolest man in the
Cook County Jail He was very pale,
but his appetite was good and he slept
well.
CHICAGO, Nov. 10.-That there will be
an execution in the Cook county jail
Friday morning no one questions, the
only doubtful point being the number
and names of the victims. One thing
certain, Louis Lingg will swing il he
hangs alone, the last card in his favor
being played in u fruitless attempt to
prove his insanity. Many believe that
| Fielden's sentence will be committed to
Imprisonment for life. His record pre-
vious to his connection with the reds, the
high endorsements Of his employers,
the creditable story of his do
mestic life and his department and utter
ances up to the present time will, it is be-
| lieved, have some weight with the gov
ernor. Schwab, by signing the last
petition, has placed himself in a position
to receive executive clemency. The
statement signed by Spies, Fielden and
Schwab was undoubtedly modified by the
finding of the bombs, and those who es-
cape the gallows can rely on
the humblest plea for mercy.
! All eyes are turned toward
| Springfield. Capt. Black, shrewd law
yer that he is, has laid all his plans for q
reprieve of n few weeks in case commu.
tation of sentence is denied, and there IL
the barest hope for the condemned yet.
The attorneys for the defense will ask
reprieve on the ground that new and I'M
expected legal complications have arisen,
and will bring all possible pressure to
bear on the governor to convince him
/ that if the sentence is carried out Friday
it will be judicial murder.
The unanimous opinion around the jail
(Which amounts almost to a moral GER
tainty) is that there will be five execu-
tions Friday, and that the sentences Of
Fielden and Schwab will be committed
Should this turn out to be true, the ex-
pectation is that Sheriff Matson will be
notified of the governors intention in
the matter before anybody else, and it is
thought that the governor may take the
precaution of sending a special mes
senger to him as soon as he ar
rives at his decision. Should the sheriff
receive notice that the sentence of any OF
the men has been commuted it is believed
he will at once, and as quietly as posi-
BILE hustle them off to the penitentiary.
The sheriff himself has has avoided Civ
ing any clue to his own intentions in the
matter. In the meantime the prisoners
are being guarded with the closest scru-
tiny. The watch ut their cells has been
trebled, and none of the other prisoners
in the iail are allowed near their cells.
As the day of the execution approaches,
the police precautions are being re-
doubled The patrol force is being GEN.
traliZed about the water works, the CEN
trail fire station and the Jail. Capt. Bon
field said that no earthly power could in
terfere with these institutions The ut
most watchfulness win be observed and
onl, reporters and officers will have ac-
Gets to any of the public buildings.
1t is not likely that the bodies of the
criminals will be surrendered to their
friends, and there is some talk of a mock
funeral on Sunda TIE ~1olice will in
terfere with any =. ! J" Hnstration, but
there may yet be ucTs of even greater
interest than even the Haymarket riot.